Fruit juice has three naturally occurring sugars, fructose, sucrose, and glucose. To remove the sugars, the company uses a culturing method called de-sugaring.
There are numerous stevia types derived from the stevia plant, and the two with the most preferred flavor profile, Reb M and Reb D, are common in baked goods.
Although the Splenda brand of sweeteners contains sucralose, it does not contain S6A, which is not the same as the sucralose in Splenda, according to Heartland Food Products Group.
The recommendation does not apply to low-calorie sugars and polyols (sugar alcohols), which are sugars or sugar derivatives containing calories and thus not considered non-sugar sweeteners.
After much deliberation, the recommendation for added sugars in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans remained the same at less than 10% of total calories per day starting at age two.